Hyphenation of penumbra

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word penumbra? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

penum-bra

Definitions of penumbra:

1.	A fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra

Synonyms of penumbra:

noun	shadow

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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